Has shonen jump had a more depressing protagonist than Tanjiro from demon slayer?

[Scustin Bieburr]

*in terms of back story

His whole family got Mercd and the last relative he has left gets turned into a demon

 

[CopiousX]

*in terms of back story

His whole family got Mercd and the last relative he has left gets turned into a demon

Ummmm… naruto had the exct same thing happen to him. But he himself turned into a demon. I think thats worse.

 

[MidniteJay]

Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.

 

[Days of Future Piff]

Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.

I don’t think FMA ever ran in Shonen Jump. It was still a shonen series, but it ran in a different magazine (Monthly Shonen Gangan).
Still a dope series either way